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Football Pro, Eden Hazard Joins Nissan’s #ElectrifyTheWorld Movement to Spark Positive Change

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Nissan global ambassador shares his electric journey to help spark the switching conversation Eden joins Nissan in a bid to strengthen electric mobility education and highlight the smarter, cleaner and fun-to-drive EV experience PARIS – Belgium international and Real Madrid C.F.

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Researchers provide insight into OER electrocatalyst

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Researchers from Oregon State University College of Engineering, with colleagues from Cornell University and the Argonne National Laboratory, have used advanced experimental tools to provide a clearer understanding of an electrochemical catalytic process that’s cleaner and more sustainable than deriving hydrogen from natural gas.

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SUVs are getting wider, outgrowing roads and parking spaces in these countries

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Interestingly, while the world of automobiles is thriving towards zero-emission mobility by introducing various cleaner and greener powertrain technologies, the rising demand and sales of fossil-fuel-run SUVs are offsetting the benefits coming from electric vehicles and other cleaner fuels.

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ExxonMobil to invest >$1B in Antwerp refinery to convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oil into diesel, other products

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ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Belgium, a division of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V.B.A., This investment will add to our product slate at the Antwerp refinery and deliver much needed cleaner diesel to our European customers. Esso Belgium, a division of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V.B.A.,

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T&E study: EVs can be cheaper for Uber drivers to run than latest diesels in many European capitals

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The sooner Uber and taxis go 100% electric, the sooner citizens will enjoy cleaner air and quieter neighbourhoods, the planet will have less climate-wrecking emissions and drivers will earn more money. It kicked off last November in the US, France, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and the UK.

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Toyota in long-term partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens to strengthen quality of UK operations

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The activity reinforces TMUK’s status as one of Toyota’s five sustainable plants around the world which pioneer and share best practice in cleaner processes and greener technologies. Toyota and Kew reached agreement on working together in 2013 and this year they have launched a restoration strategy that will extend across the next 10 years.

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The importance of considering non-exhaust traffic emissions; the role of EVs

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As the trend toward cleaner technologies with reduced exhaust emissions continues through the use of catalytic converters, diesel particulate filters (DPF), and improved fuels and engines, non-exhaust PM will soon surpass exhaust emissions and may well become dominant by 2020 both in terms of emissions and contributions to air quality.

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